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  • 2009
  • 2008
    • September
      • Schwarzenegger target of recall effort
        09/09/08
        Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who rode into power on a wave of voter angst in the first recall of a California governor, now finds himself a target for removal as his own popularity is declining.

        The state's well-financed prison guards union, the California Correctional Peace Officers

    • July
      • Legislature approves bill banning trans fats
        07/15/08
        California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats, which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a bill approved by the state Legislature Monday and sent to the governor.

        The measure, passed with

    • May
    • April
      • Capitalism- Not Perfect, But Certainly the Best
        04/04/08
        As the United States enters into the 2008 and another presidential election, there is widespread anxiety over the state of the economy. The subprime mortgage crisis, and the subsequent collapse of the housing market have cast a pall across even the most optimistic projections. In response, many Amer

    • March
      • Barack Obama - A Lot Of Style And Dangerous Substance
        03/01/08
        It cannot be denied that Barack Obama is a well reasoned, thoughtful and ultimately powerful orator. When speaking to supporter's young and old he can be very inspirational. His appeal has been called messiah-like, by the likes of Rush Limbaugh with a surge in popularity has been nothing short

    • February
      • Another Bad Deal For California
        02/11/08
        Well the California primary and special elections are over and our good buddy Gov. Schwarzenegger and his Democrat cronies have put yet another one over on the good but not very well informed citiczens of California. The man that I (Oh, what an idiot I was) and the majority of California voters elec

    • January
      • California proposition 93
        01/17/08
        According to Official California Voter Information Guide Prop 93 is an initiative Constitutional amendment that Reduces the total amount of time a person may serve in the state legislature from 14 years to 12 years.

        Allows a person to serve a total of 12 years either in the Assembly, the

      • Schwarzenegger's Budget
        01/11/08
        California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he must slash aid to poor children and the elderly, shutter state parks, shrink school funding and release 22,000 inmates early to plug a $14 billion deficit.

        The governor proposed a $141 billion budget that cuts expenditures on every state

      • The Earth is Cooling Down - Is Global Cooling Bringing On an Ice Age That Will Kill Off All Humans?
        01/02/08
        There certainly has been a lot in the newspaper and on TV about global warming. In fact, there has been more information on global warming than there ever was on Y2K, which if you'll recall was to be the calamity of all calamities caused by mankind. There were almost as many articles on Y2K in

  • 2007
    • December
    • November
      • California levee repair blamed for killing thousands of game fish
        11/26/07
        State and federal officials on Monday said they were investigating the death of thousands of game fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta after a federal agency drained the water around a protected island during a levee repair.
        Masses of fish could be seen floating in shallow water on Prospec

      • Marijuana Growers Concerned Over Hollywood Writer's Strike - 12,000 Customers Vanish to the Streets
        11/16/07
        Is the Hollywood and Westside Pot Market in crisis? No, it is not the DEA or FBI this time hampering marijuana sales, this time a major group of customers have stopped buying. But why you ask? Well the Hollywood Writers must have been on something when they decided to strike recently, as they alread

      • Losing a Home to the Wildfires in California
        11/03/07
        We lost our homes in the wildfires of 2003 in Lake Arrowhead. It was a time that we just didn't think we would ever get over. So to see homes burning once again in Lake Arrowhead and San Diego was a déjà vu.

        At the time, it was heart wrenching to see everything we had go up in smoke.

    • October
      • California Passes SB 777 - Here Come the Language Police
        10/24/07
        Appearing as a guest on the late night Craig Ferguson show Wednesday October 17, 2007 Vicente Fox former President of Mexico until 2006 was asked how he viewed America. In a Republican-ese right wing kind of reply he said we should "return to our values." He added that the rest of the worl

      • Support Legal Immigration Not Illegal Immigration
        10/11/07
        Recently many of the illegal immigration marches have indeed been called immigration marches, which in itself is deceptive. Additionally if you support immigration to this nation, then why support it carrying a foreign flag?

        If you truly support immigration and this nation and you are tru

      • Mahmoud Ahmandinejad, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales - Best Buddies?
        10/03/07
        We seem to have a group of nation-state leaders joining each other against a common enemy. Many World Leaders and Western populations feel that Iran, Venezuela and Bolivia are a best problematic nations for future world peace. It is amazing that every time a nation state steps over the line and choo

      • The Myth of Global Warming Due to C02
        10/03/07
        There is no evidence that levels of C02 affect the warming of the planet, the fact is that it changes constantly throughout the planets lifecycle. But humoring the gullable and the sheep out there that believe what ever the government tells them, the following will explain the major contributors of

    • September
      • California Property Foreclosures The News Isn't Getting Any Better At The Moment
        09/09/07
        Much like the rest of the country the news out of California regarding home foreclosures is particularly gloomy. Increases in foreclosures in this state are climbing at astronomical rates, over 160% by some counts, and the trend shows little sign of slowing down. As with all other states California

      • Why Smoking Bans Are Ridiculous
        09/05/07
        Smoking bans are ridiculous. Period. If this were 1987 instead of 2007, next to nobody would have a problem with smoking in public. And in fact, almost nobody did until 1993, when the EPA declared that "secondhand smoke," a term unheard of by most of us until 1990 or so, was declared to be

      • Requirements for SSDI Eligibility in California
        09/02/07
        Are you a resident of California and presently planning to file for Social Security Disability benefits? Well then, you have to know if you are eligible for the benefits first.

        Here are several of the specific requirements in the state of California that you need to comply with in order

    • August
      • The Front Lines of Pseudo-Journalism
        08/29/07
        Traditional journalism has been so battered that it can hardly afford to receive another black eye. Remember the CBS Evening Snooze and the Dan Rather debacle regarding President George W. Bush's National Guard service? "Just the facts, ma'am" has been replaced by the mantra, &qu

      • Europe's Move Toward Conservatism
        08/25/07
        Private intelligence company Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (STRATFOR) recently published an article describing what it sees as the imminent end of the leftist domination of Europe. Specifically, the article says, "...2007 will see the end of the left as a leading force on the Continent."
      • The 'No Child Left Behind Act Has Taken All The Fun Out Of Teaching' - Is A Big Excuse!
        08/23/07
        MYTH: The NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB) ACT directives and requirements have taken all the fun and creativity out of teaching and has set teachers up for failure.

        OF HIGHEST CONCERN: This is now one of the most widely heard excuses in the field of education as of late. It is a very destruct

      • Michael Savage VS San Francisco Supervisors
        08/23/07
        San Francisco Supervisor Sandoval proposed a resolution condemning Michael Savage. Savage a radio talk show personality has a talk format show that regularly presents political opinion on far ranging subjects. The resolution seeks to condemn and raise a public outcry against Savage because of his po

      • Tax-Funded Spendaholics
        08/18/07
        An interesting story has come across the Associated Press wire-one that should give every taxpayer in America pause.

        President George W. Bush noted that the $22 billion difference between the spending proposed by the White House and by Congressional Democrats is not, as House Speaker Nanc

      • The Constitution For Nitwits (i.e. Ron Paul Supporters)
        08/16/07
        I will freely admit that I did a bad, bad thing last week. Well, it wasn’t a really “bad” thing unless you were one of those that fell for it I guess. What did I do that was so bad? I set up the Paulbots. Yes, evil rotten me, I know.

        When I wrote “Earmarking Our Way to Oblivion” I purpose

      • Why Do Americans Threaten Each Other For Their Opinions?
        08/16/07
        The Oakland Post editor, Chauncey Bailey, was gunned down on the streets of Oakland, California, on August 2, 2007, in an attack that targeted him because of his work as a writer. Someone decided, because he did not like what Mr. Bailey had to say about a particular subject and because the article a

      • Tyranny, Terror and Moral Relativism - America's Shifting Battlefronts
        08/12/07
        Now America must fight terrorism with equal determination and skill as it once did against rising tyrannies. Unwittingly, America may be losing to an equally serious enemy right on her own home field. Pop culture, liberal trends and moral relativism are becoming the norm for millions each year and t

      • Know California Unemployment Insurance Fine Points!
        08/08/07
        California unemployment insurance act came into place to provide unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs unexpectedly and through no fault of their own. If you find yourself unemployed apply for the California unemployment insurance benefits to see if you are in fact eligible to receive b

      • Is Ward Churchill Too Dumb To Teach Our Kids?
        08/05/07
        This week Ward Churchill was fired by the University of Colorado. The university apparently decided that they should finally look into the man that they have allowed to run rampant around their campus and found that this was a man who stole the work of others (plagiarized), concocted events which he

      • Hot Begets Not; The Truth about Global Warming
        08/01/07
        Why is everyone so worried about global warming when in reality they should be worried about global cooling in the next coming Ice Age? There is a book out called; Not by Fire, But By Ice. In this book it explains why global warming or climate change is not really an issue at all, instead we should

    • July
      • Dems Can No Longer Use The Economy Excuse
        07/31/07
        Some economic news came out of Washington this week which should give every Democratic candidate for President reason to pause.

        What this news bulletin shows is that Dems can no longer repeat the tired Clinton Era mantra, "It's the economy, stupid."

        The Commerce

      • Virus Risks and Homeland Security
        07/24/07
        When we discuss International Terrorism, most people think in terms of bombings, hijackings or worse nuclear weapons in the hands of the bad guys. Indeed, these are serious, but what about diseases and viruses? What about Bird Flu mutations or, Small Pox or Ebola mixed with the common flu. Not very

      • Proud to be an American
        07/24/07
        Howard Zinn, writing recently in The Progressive, said that this Independence Day Americans "...would have done well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed." His c

      • Enforcement Is Not Enough
        07/21/07
        Next week New Haven, Connecticut plans on issuing an ID card that will be available to illegal immigrants. Besides providing a pass to municipal services like libraries and parks, the card will work as a debit card for parking meters and be valid identification to present to police and banks.
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      • Congress Wants Bureaucrats to be Forgiven for Student Loans
        07/21/07
        It is amazing that we have a legislative branch that is above the law. Recently a poll was taken and the US Citizens rated the approval rating of the US Congress at the lowest point in 70 years. But one has to ask why this is? Well, because they operate above the law.

        For instance, slappi

      • Illegal Immigration Must Stop.
        07/18/07
        The protests of illegal immigrants over the weekend underscored what a huge problem the country is facing. While America has always been a melting pot, immigration must be legal and controlled. We can no longer afford to shoulder the enormous cost of feeding, educating and providing medical care for

      • Words Have Power? Bennie Thompson's Epiphany.
        07/17/07
        Congressman Bennie Thompson is your typical liberal. He believes in Socialized Medicine, redistribution of wealth programs such as Social Security, government interference with banks and other lenders to enable people who can’t afford loans to obtain them so they can live beyond their means and even

      • Another Stem Cell Rant.
        07/13/07
        I was just sitting down about to enjoy my morning coffee, when my boss rambled in.

        “Did you see that Op-Ed in the Salt Lake Tribune this morning?” asked Don Margolis, the founder of adult stem cell company, Theravitae. I sighed knowing another rant was coming my way.

        Margolis p

      • To Build A Better Mousetrap.
        07/13/07
        Is all fair in love, war and talk radio?

        "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government

      • President Sarkozy and the French Jogging Controversy.
        07/10/07
        In France the jogging habit of President Sarkozy has become the subject of debate, analysis and yes ... even psychoanalysis. In the cafes favored by Paris intellectuals the talk is no longer about existentialism or post-modernism - but about Sarkozy's penchant for dressing in shorts and runners

      • Idiocy At The Speed of Ludicrous.
        07/06/07
        The internet is a great thing and we should all be thankful to Al Gore for creating it for us. Now, before I get one more email from some numbskull saying that Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet let me put that fallacy to rest by providing you with his exact quote: "During my s

      • Moving Iraq Forward.
        07/06/07
        In its just published Third Quarter Forecast for 2007, private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (STRATFOR) predicts that the governments of the United States and Iran "...are now closer than ever to reaching an agreement..." on Iraq. If such a deal is indeed finalized, STRATFOR expe

      • Ending Discrimination in Schools
        07/05/07
        An intriguing ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court could re-open discussion about the brainwashing that occurs in all-too-many public school classrooms these days.

        The High Court this week issued a thumbs-down to so-called "diversity" plans in two large school districts that use rac

      • Che Guevara - Laying the Ghost to Rest.
        07/01/07
        Editors Note: I requested that the editors of California Issues feature this article because, in California, I see on an almost dialy basis, young people wearing Che t-shirts. Whenever I ask one of those young people why he or she is wearing a Che t-shirt I am told that Che was a freedom fighter and

    • June
      • Michael Moore: It is Your Prescription for America that is "Sicko".
        06/30/07
        Occasionally, someone of influence brings forth an idea that is so moronic that I have to deviate from the discussion of pure finance, economics or market movements and just rant. Based on his recent antics and promotion of his upcoming socialist agenda train wreck titled “Sicko”, we’d be better off

      • The Business of Doing Good.
        06/26/07
        A recent headline points out why it wouldn't be a bad idea to post the Ten Commandments in our schools.

        "Theft Rising at U.S. Wal-Mart Stores" noted a recent Associated Press business story. The article pointed out that the retailing giant is being hit by a tidalwave of sho

      • Political Correctness - How Much is Too Much?
        06/26/07
        Liberals frequently complain that the right poses a threat to democracy and freedom of speech. They are quick to brand right wing opinion of the outspoken variety as extremist. But are outspoken individuals more of a threat to our freedoms than an orchestrated cultural agenda that effectively puts a

      • American History - Or What Our Children Are Not Being Taught.
        06/22/07
        As Bubba and I were taking our morning stroll, I met a young girl from the neighborhood. As I had not seen her for a while, I stopped to chat with her.

        She was holding a note book and I asked why. She explained this was the last day of summer school for her and she was waiting for the bus

      • Like a Herd of Turtles.
        06/22/07
        What’s happened? Have you noticed how the overall enthusiasm in our society has almost wasted away to zero? Where did the leadership, energy, activity and bold thinking run off to? When did someone flip the innovation switch off?

        In the past 30 years, we have seen 2 HUGE shifts in the glo

      • Vladimir Putin : True Democrat?
        06/21/07
        Yelena Tregubova is the latest Russian journalist to defect to the West. She has been forced to seek asylum in the UK for the offense of criticizing the Kremlin. In her words, a return to Russia "would be suicidal for me". Ms Tregubova was at one time a member of the Kremlin press corps. I

      • Liberals Want To Be "Commander" in Chief.
        06/17/07
        There are a lot of liberals out there vying for the Presidency in 2008. Some have that little "D" for Democrat next to their name while others have an "R" for Republican. And we haven't even gotten into discussing other parties infested with liberals like the Greens, Sociali

      • There Will Never Be Peace On Earth.
        06/17/07
        Back in December 2005 I wrote an article titled Peace On Earth, A Wonderful Wish But No Way. As part of that artcle I stated As long as people have the ability to think, there will be greed, envy, prejudice and anger. As long as those things exist, there will be wars. Most people believe, either r

      • Ignoring Consequences, Democrats Push Hard for Iraq Withdrawal.
        06/15/07
        The Washington Times reported June 11 that Democrats in the House and Senate are currently circulating more than forty pieces of legislation that would seek to end America's involvement in Iraq. The Times quotes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as saying, "We're fairly well set up no

      • Iran and the UN.
        06/12/07
        As the United Nations Security Council prepares to debate a third round of sanctions against Iran for its continuing refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program, it is time for the five permanent, veto-wielding states to get serious about their efforts to curb the ambitions of an increasingly pow

      • Why I'm Now One Hundred Percent Republican.
        06/11/07
        During my lifetime I have voted Republican, Democratic and Independent. My two favorite Presidents for the 20th century were and are Ronald Regan and John Kennedy. I've respected people in both of the major Parties and I've disliked people in both parties. I liked President Eisenhower but

      • Global Warming and Y2K.
        06/10/07
        To earn a living, scientists or engineers must obtain funding for their projects. To get this funding, they are forced to become marketers and try to sell their ideas to their potential benefactors.

        One good excuse for obtaining funding is to claim that at some future time a tragedy will

      • President John Edwards - Come On Now!!!
        06/10/07
        I do not care for John Edwards, not now and I did not care for him when he ran for Vice-President on the Al Gore ticket. In my opinion John Edwards is about as far left as you can get and is an extremist. He voted to attack Iraq and then he voted to cut off the funding that would be used to help our

      • President Barak Obama, I Hope Not.
        06/09/07
        Barak Obama may not be as bad as Hillary Clinton but he is not much better.

        From what I can tell, he is for surrendering in the war against terrorism, he is for having the government run everything, his heroes appear to be Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, he loves the far left, he makes st

      • President Hillary Clinton, A Nightmare.
        06/08/07
        Back in December 2005 I wrote an article titled America Beware, Hillary Clinton May Run For President. In this article I outlined my reasons for disliking Senator Clinton.

        Well, it is now June 2007 and Hillary Clinton is not only running for President, she is the Democratic frontrunner

      • The Immigration Bill: First Do No Harm.
        06/07/07
        On May 16th a group of Senators proposed an immigration bill

        Many Americans are dubious above all, about the enforcement provisions.

        Immigration for most Americans, has to do with what is right for the future of America, but what is right for America. is, in many cases, in conf

      • It Is Time To Get Outraged!
        06/07/07
        I am sick and tired of the vitriol in America. There is a cultural civil war in progress and if we don't wake up and do something about it, the America we know may never be the same.

        I want America to stand tall once again, as it did when I was growing up. I want all of us to feel a

      • The Gasoline Boycott is Just Plain Silly.
        06/05/07
        Every once in a while, I get a chain email with something so silly in it that I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Years back, I had lengthy debates with people who swore that if you keep forwarding an email, Microsoft would pay you for every recipient. This was just plain silly, but since the

      • You Must Feel Guilty for Being a Rich American.
        06/04/07
        Are you getting tired of feeling guilty for being a rich American? Are you tired of the ads that come on TV and show these poor people who need your help and asking you to give them money? Did you know that many of the people who are poor in these countries are poor for a reason?

        Did you

      • Our President is Strong Indeed.
        06/02/07
        Many people do not realize that President Bush is one of the greatest Presidents the United States has ever had and well I guess if one does a little research they can see this as an obvious fact. Recently, when I was questioned by someone on the Internet about the incredible intelligence of the adm

      • Cindy Sheehan, a Misguided Soul, Finally Learns That Most People Do Not Care About Her Protest.
        06/01/07
        The headline for an Associated Press story online Tuesday was very clear if you happened to miss it: "It's Up to You Now - Sheehan Quits".

        Apparently Cindy Sheehan is done being the public face of the anti-war movement.

        "I've been wondering why I'm

      • Hugo Chavez - I Am The State.
        06/01/07
        Hugo Chavez is making it clear that his vision, and only his vision, will dominate in Venezuelan media. If any proof is required of his intention, one need only look at the crackdowns and threats that have been directed at private media outlets.

        Criticism of Chavez comes with a price. A p

    • May
      • Boycott Al Sharpton and His Mindless Minions!
        05/31/07
        Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are destroying race relations in America. It seems that Sharpton and Jackson believe the first amendment only applies to the black population. Sharpton is a bigot, Jackson has a love-child, and neither of them believes in what their so-called reverend titles would imply

      • No More Debate it is Either Global Warming or Global Warming or You are Fired!
        05/29/07
        Recently a survey was done with Americans to ask them if they believed in global warming and the question was quite simple which do you believe; Global Warming or Global Warming? Surprisingly enough 90% of the people said global warming. A few people didn't understand the question because it di

      • President Bush was Right - The Strongest Defense is a Strong Offense!
        05/29/07
        It must be time for another presidential election as the rhetoric is heating up again. The democrats say President Bush has not done his job, but in reality the President's job is to protect the American People and he has done that. In fact that really is the Federal Government's number on

      • Yes, It Really Is That Simple.
        05/27/07
        You can tell when someone has a political agenda that doesn't mesh with common sense. How you ask? It's easy to do because one of the first comments to come out of their mouth is to claim "it's not that simple" when you give a simple, common sense solution to the problem tha

      • Are you remembering what I remember?
        05/27/07
        Looking at current war disbelievers, I fear this country has such a short memory that it will end up back where it started, i.e., a fledgling nation struggling to be free from tyrannical rule. American pioneers and founders knew it was worth the hardship and loss of life because we mutually new that

      • Battle Behind the War on Terror.
        05/25/07
        The War on Terror has fascinated me from its inception. Only today, however, my fascination took a different turn.

        A posting on the ABC blog site about a recently released Al Queda tape showing the destruction of the US Captiol was not seminal; it was a continuation of the noise that is d

      • Barbara Boxer - War Funding Bill.
        05/25/07
        On May 24, 2007 California Senator Barbara Boxer voted against the 'war funding bill' saying the following:
        It doesn't seem to matter how many Americans die in Iraq how many funerals we have here at home or what the American people think this president won't budge.
        This

      • Don Imus, Racism, Victims, and The Solution.
        05/24/07
        Don Imus has been an icon of talk radio for more than thirty years. What has set him apart-what has made him popular, in fact-has been his tendency to say whatever comes to his mind. He seems to enjoy criticizing, castigating, demeaning, degrading, and mocking everyone and everything that crosses hi

      • Boy These Terrorists Are Stupid.
        05/21/07
        Not only do the morons usually try to kill themselves for the good of some fake cause, but they seriously do some of the stupidest things that any American, British, Canadian, or Aussie would NEVER even consider doing.

        Take the 6 jerks who were arrested here in NJ.

        These idiots

      • Will California Voters Never Learn?
        05/21/07
        From the Los Angeles Times written by Evan Halper, Times Staff Writer.

        Shoring up levees, building reservoirs and purging pollution from the state's bays and streams may have been what voters had in mind in November when they approved billions of dollars of borrowing for crucial wat

      • The Un-Fairness Doctrine.
        05/20/07
        If you were to ask a stranger on the street to name the top talk radio personalities in the country, you would inevitably receive an answer that included the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly. The problem with all of them, according to some Democrats, is that th

      • President Jimmy Carter Has Lost All Sense Of Propriety.
        05/19/07
        I did not vote for President Carter. I also did not vote for President Ford. To the best of my recollection this was the only Presidential election I did not vote in since I became old enough to vote.

        I liked Carter but felt that he was too trusting and niave to be our President. While he

      • Illegal Immigration Compromise.
        05/18/07
        From the Anatolian Times, anatoliantimes.com, a Turkish newspaper
        A landmark compromise on the thorny issue of immigration came under scrutiny in Congress Friday as some Republicans slammed the plan as a blanket amnesty and some Democrats argued it did not go far enough. "The agreement as

      • A Civil Society Bill of Rights.
        05/18/07
        I reserve the right to be opinionated, to speak, to strongly hold ideas, ideals or ideologies, and to advocate them.

        I reserve the right to make truth claims, to hold positions even if others may take offense. But I will not abuse others.

        I reserve the right to be idealistic, o

      • I'm With Stupid - But I'm All Alone!
        05/16/07
        A politician’s self-evaluation.

        I am a politician. I have learned a few things about myself during my self-evaluation. Here are a FEW things I have learned about myself after thinking about it for a while.

        -I vote for bills that I have not read.

        -I have my pages and

      • The Immorality of Extreme Speech.
        05/16/07
        We like to get worked up. You have seen it - two people facing off, red in the face, sweat on the brow, a bit of saliva on the lips. Yes, I am talking politics. Yeah, we like to get worked up. That's fine. But when our rhetoric or our debate descends into vulgarity, personal attacks, shouting,

      • Iraq's Kurdish Problem.
        05/14/07
        A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. The author of the article, Dr. Jack Wheeler (who also gave the speech

      • Say It With Me Now "You're Here Illegally!
        05/13/07
        The chattering welfare classes who believe that everyone owes them something are on the march. And what is worse is that there is no shortage of pandering politicians and media types willing to feed their delusional, me-centered paranoia that they "deserve" something based on the mere fact

      • Capitalizing on an American Tragedy.
        05/12/07
        Let me say at the outset that I'm a firm believer in the capitalist system. There is nothing indecent about earning a profit if the work you're doing is honest and you're not engaging in any immoral means in order to accomplish it.

        But I find it strange that when the traged

      • Nicolas Sarkozy - New Order Inc.
        05/09/07
        There are pros and cons with the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as French president.

        Behind his progressive economic agenda there lurks an appeal to xenophobia, nationalism and traditional moral codes. A portion of his vote came directly from the Le Pen camp. But what's the option? Fran

      • Now Liberals Want A "Rubber Stamp"?
        05/06/07
        When Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the White House liberals used to complain that Congress was simply being a “rubber stamp” for President George Bush and his right wing agenda. They wailed and they moaned about how it was such a terrible thing and used procedural measures and p

      • Christians Sleeping - Antichrist Creeping.
        05/06/07
        Editor's Note:
        This article has been categorized as a free speech issue rather than as a religious issue as we feel that HR 1592 is more of a free speech and equal rights issue than a religious issue and to list it as a religious issue would narrow it's scope.

        Furthermore,

      • Discrimination and Double Standards.
        05/02/07
        The definition of double standard is interpreted by me rather simply. You have one set of rules to adhere to, but those same rules do not apply to me. The reason being, is that I am special. Somewhere in history, I feel quite sure, that my ethnic group was enslaved, humiliated, traded off for livest

      • The Moral Minority.
        05/01/07
        Back in the 1980's Jerry Falwell promoted the concept of "The Moral Majority," a movement of Christian-led political action committees concerned with combating the decline of morality in this country. The group broke up in 1989 but you still hear about it now and then through religiou

    • April
      • Understanding the True Meaning of Tolerance.
        04/30/07
        Dictionary.com defines tolerance as the following:

        1. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one's own; freedom from bigotry.

        2. a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opi

      • The Los Angeles Schools Bond Measure -- Is It Needed?
        04/30/07
        On November 8th, the voters of who live in the Los Angeles schools district will be faced with their fourth proposition, called Measure Y. The $3.985 bond measure, which will be paid by property taxes, is for more planned expansion within the Los Angeles schools, allowing them to add another 25 elem

      • I'd Rather Risk Global Warming.
        04/30/07
        I'll make this quick, but I just read an article on-line that I can't help but comment on. It seems that singer Sheryl Crow has been touring the country with "An Inconvenient Truth" producer Laurie David in a biodiesel bus. Now I don't know exactly what the chemical make-up

      • Part II - Is The African American Community The Victim Of Failed Leadership?
        04/28/07
        In Part I of this series, the tragic state of 9 key indicators of African-American progress since the "Civil Rights Movement" were identified. This is only the tip of the iceberg of failed leadership in the African-American community. The prison population has nearly tripled, the high scho

      • Part I - Is The African American Community The Victim Of Failed Leadership?
        04/28/07
        I can see it now, the Reverends Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton are outraged that someone has the nerve to call them inept. Ezine Articles might not even publish this article because they might be concerned about backlash from various publics, civil rights advocates and the far left liberal wing of t

      • Claims Of Man-Made Global Warming Distract From More Likely Natural Causes.
        04/26/07
        At the 2007 Academy Awards, Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth, which documents the supposedly man-made global climate crisis, won the Oscar for Best Documentary. If mankind is truly responsible for global warming, then Gore himself is one of the biggest contributors. Public records show that

      • Don Imus and the Cesspool of PC and Double Standards.
        04/26/07
        Don Imus is out of a job for making an unwise joke about the Rutgers lady basketball team. MSNBC and CBS have completely cancelled his program. Leaving aside the fact that these two corporations canned his program despite the fact that Imus was joking and apologized ad nauseam, far bigger issues rem

      • Imus, Sharpton and the Racial Double Standard.
        04/24/07
        This past weekend, when I took my family to a nearby amusement park, I noticed several t-shirts worn by park patrons that made me think about a racial double standard that exists in this country, one that was recently highlighted by the firing of radio and television host Don Imus.

        Some o

      • Global Warming Update: Eskimos Spot First Palm Tree.
        04/21/07
        In an especially inarguable event that global warming is proceeding apace, a group of Eskimos noticed - while hunting for caribou on the sort of unusually balmy day that they've been experiencing with ever-growing frequency - a tree they were not familiar with, growing high above the tundra.
      • Gun Control Is Not The Answer.
        04/19/07
        In the aftermath of the horrific events that took place on the Virginia Tech campus this week, many on the left are attempting to use this tragic situation to promote legislation for gun control. I can't count the number of times I've heard reporters and analysts use the term "which h

      • Stick & Stones and Words Now All Break Bones.
        04/15/07
        The recent media news frenzy about Don Imus and his totally inappropriate remarks have truly revealed what has happened to this country. Boy, if we make it to year 2010, we will be lucky and this is before we accept global warming.

        As a young child who was both taller and heavier than her

      • Schwarzenegger To Detroit Automakers: "Get Off Your Butt".
        04/15/07
        Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator-turned-governor pulled no punches Wednesday in telling Detroit automakers to "get off your butt" and raise the fuel efficiency of their vehicles. And Schwarzenegger is also saying they are "still lagging behind." Tough.

        Schwarzeneg

      • Imus and Politically Incorrect Language.
        04/13/07
        The “N” word is out. The “F” word is out. “Ho” is out. “Scr..” is out. “Inte.......” is out. “Dag.” is out. “Di..” is out. “Qu...” is out. “Spi..” is out. I could go on all night long. Lo.. is in. Pea..... is in.

        Even Ezine will not allow the use of anything questionable. So much for free

      • Nancy Pelosi If You Had Been President On 9/11/2001, What Would You Have Done.
        04/12/07
        Editors note: This article is being posted under California Issues because the people of the Great State of California have chosen to elect Nancy Pelosi and others like her to public office.

        It was early morning on Sept 11, 2001. When the President received word that America was under att

      • Media Bias Taints Perception of Iraq War.
        04/11/07
        There's general agreement among Americans that when it comes to the subject of bias in the mainstream media, Republicans and Democrats hold very different views. The former often complain that the major news organizations slant considerably to the left, and the latter often counter that the med

      • The Trap of Socialism and Communism - Sounds Good in the Beginning.
        04/08/07
        The current trends towards Socialism in the First World and the trends towards communism in the Third World are fairly alarming for those who study civilizations. Unfortunately the allure of socialism for the masses seems like a gods send, but it is a trap. It is a death spiral or flat spin for whic

      • Yes, It Really Is That Simple
        04/07/07
        You can tell when someone has a political agenda that doesn’t mesh with common sense. How you ask? It’s easy to do because one of the first comments to come out of their mouth is to claim “it’s not that simple” when you give a simple, common sense solution to the problem that they are looking to def

      • Immigration Discrimi-Nation.
        04/06/07
        Immigration has been a hot topic for years and most people have strong opinions on the subject. Unfortunately, we rarely hear views from people who do not see the subject as black or white. Either people support immigration into this country or they are dead against it. Passions run high when discus

      • California Schools' Audit Shows Excessive Spending and Overpayments to Chain of Charter Schools.
        04/05/07
        Superintendent of Instruction for the California schools, Jack O’Connell, initiated an audit more than a year ago into the fiscal concerns of the Options for Youth and Opportunities for Learning (OYO) schools. The OYO is a chain of independent study charter schools within the California schools syst

      • Global Warming Wins an Oscar -- Global Warming as a Mechanism for Control.
        04/04/07
        Former vice-president Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” won the Oscar for best documentary at the February 24 Academy Awards. It is unclear whether the documentary truly took the genre to a new artistic level or if Hollywood simply wanted to reward the message.

        The global warm

    • March
      • Crisis in Zimbabwe - The Delusions of Robert Mugabe.
        03/31/07
        When you look at the chaotic and unstable situation in Zimbabwe today, it is important to recall this was a country that in the early years of Mugabe's rule, was one of the most affluent nations in sub-Sahara Africa.

        Despite the fact that agriculture was thriving, with beef and tobac

      • It Can't Happen Here - Katrina And The California Earthquake.
        03/31/07
        "The Bay Area has the highest concentration of earthquake faults in the world." -Bill Lettis, earth sciences consultant.

        What happened in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of the United States was not only the worst natural disaster in the history of this country, but also the loud

      • The Saudi Criticism - A Closer Look.
        03/30/07
        Saudi King Abdullah’s declaration that the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq amounted to an “illegitimate foreign occupation” were met with surprise in Washington. “We were a little surprised to see those remarks,” Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns told reporters. The King’s proclamation was far

      • Shop California.
        03/29/07
        Passing the Left Bank, a brasserie on Santana Row in San Jose, it’s easy to forget you’re not in Paris. The street scene is a freshly concocted recreation of a French boulevard, or… is it an Italian plaza? A few steps further and you’ve entered Sino, artistic chef Chris Yeo’s hip interpretation of a

      • The Disturbing Words of John Edwards.
        03/28/07
        Normally I don’t tune in to 60 Minutes on Sunday evenings, but this past weekend I made an exception so that I could watch the much-publicized Katie Couric interview with Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth. After the interview concluded, I realized that I had neve

      • Social Dispute - The Death Penalty.
        03/25/07
        If someone murdered a member of my family or a close friend, I would wish that person to receive the death penalty. I am sure that this view is based on pure emotion, nothing less. But that is how I feel.

        Society today believes it is just to put someone to death, based on actions he or sh

      • California Marriage License Requirements.
        03/23/07
        You are soon to be married and you reside in the state of California. So obviously you will need a marriage license. So below I have listed the laws and regulations that will help applying and receiving your marriage license a breeze.

        We suggest that you call your local county or city cle

      • Democrats in Congress Reinforce Terrorist Beliefs.
        03/23/07
        As the Senate and House of Representatives continue to work feverishly on measures criticizing the President’s conduct of the war in Iraq and calling for immediate to near-term troop withdrawals, a clear message is being sent to terrorists throughout the world: America does not have the stomach for

      • Is Al Gore Running For President?
        03/20/07
        Al Gore is back in the news. He won an award for his documentary of Global Warming and its affects. The scientists in the field are trying to get Gore to stop talking and stop stretching the truth. Meteorologists are even saying the global warming tactics are bordering on fear mongering. Let's

      • California Lemon Law: Affirmative Defenses.
        03/17/07
        An affirmative defense is defined as a fact or a set of facts that defeat a claim, even if the facts supporting the claim are true. When a plaintiff files a complaint in a civil or criminal court order to get relief from the court, the defendant can make the claim void by asserting and proving that

      • Why I Will Not Light A Candle For Peace.
        03/16/07
        Recently, I have viewed many candle lighting ceremonies being performed. I did not participate in these ceremonious affairs largely due to the fact that I refuse to light a candle for peace. This is why. Lighting a candle for peace is showing your support for an Anti-War Movement. I do not support t

      • Liberals - Handguns And The Boogie Man.
        03/14/07
        Have you ever teased your child (or someone else’s child) about the “Boogie Man”? Growing up – I was subjected to my fair share of harmless teasing. Thinking about the famed "Boogie Man" today brings a smile to my face – but when I was a child and easily influenced – the Boogie Man wasn’t

      • CRIMALIENS.
        03/13/07
        What's a Crimalien? It's a term that should be used instead of undocumented worker or even illegal alien.

        The word illegal should mean something and does for every other unlawful act except for border crossers. But like many things in life these days, some have learned if you c

      • Time For A Constitutional Convention.
        03/13/07
        When in the course of human events it becomes clear that a portion of the American public no longer understands the clear and unambiguous words of our Constitution it is necessary to further clarify already simple and plain language that even your average third grader in 1776 could have understood.

      • California's Action Hero Governor.
        03/10/07
        Never in California’s – perhaps United States’ – history has a governor generated as much public and media excitement as has Arnold Schwarzenegger. This pumped-up popular figure is proving to be as formidable a chief executive of the most populace state in America, as he was a body builder, actor or

      • Libby Verdict A Sham.
        03/10/07
        Joe Wilson, a partisan hack and husband of Valerie Plame made many false claims starting this whole messy affair, referred to as the Scooter Libby trial. Wilson went to Niger, Africa on a partisan attack mission, attempting to prove that deception, was, what led to the Iraq War.

        A ridicul

      • The Cold War: Back By Popular Demand.
        03/06/07
        "There was an equilibrium and a fear of mutual destruction. And in those days one party was afraid to make an extra step without consulting the other. And this was certainly a fragile peace and a frightening one, but as we see today, it was reliable enough. Today it seems that the peace is not

      • Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Workers, Small Businesses
        03/02/07
        On February 10, The Arizona Republic reported the state's new minimum wage law had cost many teen workers their jobs. Arizona lawmakers recently increased the minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $6.75 per hour, a move designed to help lower wage earners support themselves and their families, bu

      • Coalition Aims To Stop Automotive Refrigerant Sale Ban
        03/01/07
        The global community is facing a great threat in the form of the global warming issue. And to address the said problem, different sectors - government or private -are taking steps to prevent the further deterioration of the environment. The main cause of global warming is the amount of greenhouse ga

    • February
      • I am Sick and Tired of Bait and Switch Rebate Scams
        02/27/07
        I am absolutely fed up with the bait and switch rebate scams that seem to now be the norm rather than the exception these days when you go shopping for items. You know what I am talking about. You see a computer advertised for let’s say $999.00. You go to buy the computer; only to find out that the

      • The Looting Liberals Are Back - Look Over Your Shoulder
        02/27/07
        Already the liberal-democrat Presidential candidates are showing their lust to loot “the rich” to pay for more big government. John Edwards wants to increase taxes on the rich to pay for socialized medicine. Hillary Clinton also lusts for socialized medicine. She is also setting her sights on the “g

      • Performers Should Shut Up!
        02/23/07
        The Dixie Chicks, featured on the Grammy's 2007, are still getting the cold shoulder from conservative Southern Radio for mouthing a political opinion. Actually it was a personal attack on President Bush. They still haven't learned.

        Martin Sheen (remember his duct taped mouth?)

      • Government Spending: What Does The Comptroller General Say?
        02/22/07
        David M. Walker is Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO)

        Mr. Walker is "talking to anybody who will listen, about the fiscal black hole Washington has dug itself."

        He states "If the United States government conducts business as usual o

      • California Court Delivers Verdict on Insurance Industry Lawsuit
        02/21/07
        For good, a California court has upheld the new regulations which will prohibit insurance companies from basing their rates on ZIP codes. Judge Loren E. McMaster of the Sacramento Superior Court has decided in favor of consumers in the courts' decision on the lawsuit which was filed by the insu

      • Modern Day Liberalism and the Prevention of Truth.
        02/17/07
        Modern day liberals tell us that they want honesty and integrity and truth? Interesting comments, yet it smells of hypocrisy if you follow their actions. With modern day liberalism, you cannot say the truth as it might offend, you must deny your observations and give up free thought unless they tell

      • Expungement of Criminal Convictions in California.
        02/17/07
        California Law permits a person to withdraw his or her guilty or no contest plea after a person has successfully completed probation. In order for a person to qualify for this "expungement" relief he or she must satisfy a number of conditions. Most importantly is the condition that they co

      • Alternative Fuel Conference Scheduled in April 2007
        02/16/07
        Vehicles play a major role in the current drive of the global community to decrease the dependency on fossil fuels in an effort to protect the environment much like an EBC pad affects the stopping power of a car. Automotive vehicles running on gasoline or diesel is one of the major sources of harmfu

      • Please Big Daddy Government Save Us!
        02/13/07
        New York State Senator Carl Kruger really feels with every fiber of his little bleeding heart that government is the solution to all the really pressing problems in society. In particular he thinks that government is the best way to stop stupid people from doing stupid things. But further he believe

      • California Renters Squeezed by Lack of Affordable Rentals.
        02/13/07
        You don’t have to read several media sources to notice that there are two growing trends affecting the leasing and rental market. More and more renters are searching for their next apartment online as opposed to traditional methods and rental prices are rising as consumers choose to rent rather than

      • Al Qaeda-Secrets of its Hidden Power.
        02/11/07
        A recent armed assault by some 800 members of a Shi’ite cult, called Jund al-Samaa or “Soldiers of Heaven,” on the holy place of Al Najaf in Iraq, created a lot of interest and surprise. The group, however, is not so “new” or out of place, as it has existed on and off for centuries. What we do have,

      • False Imprisonment In The State Of California-It Is More Than You May Think.
        02/11/07
        Most often when people think about false imprisonment, they think about people being falsely arrested by the police. Most people don’t know that non-police officers can be liable for false imprisonment under many different circumstances.

        The purpose of this article is to give a brief syno

      • Comrade Hillary Warns Exxon Mobil.
        02/08/07
        Hillary Clinton wasted little time telling the nation how she feels about profits, especially when those profits come from a favorite target of the left-Exxon Mobil.

        Last week, Mobil announced it had earned $39.5 billion in 2006 making it the most profitable company in U.S. history.

      • Fighting Words.
        02/08/07
        Most honest people will admit that at the mention of the words "First Amendment" or "Free Speech" we conjure up ideas of almost totally unrestricted creative expression and limitless things we can say, imply, or publish all with the blessings and protection of the United States C

      • What Are A Mother And Father's Rights In California, When You Are Not Married?
        02/05/07
        In modern times many couples have children when they are not married. Problems can arise with respect to Child Custody, Visitation, and Child Support when these couples break off the relationship.

        In a perfect world the mother and the father are amicable in such a situation, and do what i

      • Will Democrats Ruin A Thriving Economy?
        02/05/07
        The term heard most frequently from the drop off in the housing market in recent months is collapse. In August 2006, a global economic service, RGE Monitor, called it the "The Biggest Slump In U.S. Housing In The Last 40 Years"

        The chief spokesman for that group went on to say:<

      • Los Angeles; Off the Beaten Path.
        02/02/07
        Okay, so we’re aware that there are a lot of people who want to visit LA for the first time, but don’t want to get stuck in crappy tourist traps, or find themselves standing in the long queues for Disneyland rides. This section is for you.

        All the blogs talk about Paris and Lindsay and th

      • Law Of Attraction: Clinton, Biden Blame Bush, But Are Just As Responsible For War in Iraq.
        02/02/07
        I recently saw an article entitled "Clinton: Iraq War Bush's Responsibility". I very rarely touch on political topics because I feel politics in general is such rubbish. Not to mention, it effectively creates the perception of separation and elitism which is totally against every univ

    • January
      • Immunity for Defamatory Information on the Internet Granted in California.
        01/31/07
        In the case of the Stephen J. Barrett v. Ilena Rosenthal, the California Supreme has recently provided immunity to any user and internet provider that publishes any information provided by another information content provider, even if the content contains defamatory untruthful statements. The court

      • Why Are Most Professors Liberal?-A Point of View.
        01/31/07
        Professors by and large have reached high academic positions living in a world of books. Most, almost certainly, have little or no experience with directly creating wealth.

        The typical business start-up requires a capital investment, rent or purchase of a facility, and the hiring of at le

      • Iraq, Iran and the President's Troop Surge.
        01/29/07
        When President Bush unveiled his new strategy for dealing with the ongoing violence in Iraq, he made it a point to reinforce a fact that he and the rest of the world have known for some time now: that Iran and Syria are directly responsible for fomenting violence in Iraq to further their regional in

      • California Man Faces 101 Years in Prison for Identity Theft.
        01/26/07
        A man in California is facing a prison sentence of up to 101 years after a jury found him guilty of e-mail scams. The 45-year-old man, Jeffrey Goodin, made several thousands of dollars using his sophisticated computer scam. Using hacked computers and false data, he would write e-mails to many thousa

      • Jobs Galore For Class of 2007-Offerings Top Best Clinton Years.
        01/26/07
        Recently Senator James Webb Democrat from West Virginia gave the rebuttal to the president's state of the union message.

        He began with the usual Democratic class warfare, comparing the few executives in the country who make super big bucks to the average job holder, suggesting that a

      • To Spank or Not Spank—Legislation Introduced to Ban Spanking at Home.
        01/25/07
        Mike Zapler, MedianNews Sacramento Bureau, January 18, 2007, reported, "Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, wants to outlaw spanking of children up to age 3. If she succeeds, California would become the first state to explicitly ban parents from smacking their children." This stat

      • The Liberal Party and the Two Minutes Hate.
        01/25/07
        George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four is a classic treasure. One of the strange things about it, is that in today’s world, it is believed by many people that this book reflects the attitude of the Republicans and Conservatives. When I was younger, and a member of the Liberal party myself, this is wha

      • Will Israel Attack Iran (Part 2).
        01/23/07
        In November of last year, I wrote an article speculating about whether or not the Israelis would take the matter of Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons into their own hands by launching a preemptive strike against the Islamic Republic. That column was written in response to a quote by Israeli Pri

      • Los Angeles for the Whole Family.
        01/23/07
        When people think of visiting Southern California with their kids, they automatically think of Disneyland. And, while Disneyland and The California Adventure are great places to visit, you might want to check out some of the other kid-friendly spots in the greater Los Angeles area as well.

      • Hillary Clinton's Gnostic Village.
        01/22/07
        "Our mission is to change what it means to be a human being." Hillary Clinton, June 1993, Texas State University

        This statement encapsulates the foundation of the Gnostic Enterprise. I have written previously concerning the fatal flaw in Liberal philosophy that has lead to much

      • Presidential Slogans: Suggestions for 2008 Candidates.
        01/19/07
        I’m withdrawing my name from the 2008 Presidential race. I hate flying, riding in buses, and working. It would be worse if I were elected.

        And the field is too crowded!

        What? You didn’t know I was running. Don’t you ever read my articles?

        Anyway, I’m staying involved

      • What to Expect from Schwarzenegger's Health Care Plan.
        01/18/07
        After successful body building and acting careers, Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to attack the world of politics. He has found success repealing an unpopular increase in the vehicle registration fee as well as preventing driver's licenses being given out to illegal aliens. Now Schwarzenegger lo

      • Nifong Goes, Enemy Remains.
        01/18/07
        So Nifong is going to recuse himself, finally. This will no doubt make a lot of people happy but I think they will be missing the point if they think that the problem here is Nifong.

        I have told people over and over from the beginning of this case that this wasn't simply a matter of

      • Iraq and the Surge: Who's the Commander-in-Chief?
        01/15/07
        In the January 11th edition of The New York Times, published the morning after President Bush announced his new "surge" strategy for Iraq, Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote the following passage: "By stepping up the American military presence in Iraq, President Bush is not only inviting an ep

      • Children, Guardianships and Wills: Estate Planning for Young Families in California.
        01/15/07
        Consider this scenario: Both you and your spouse are young with two small children. You don't make much; in fact, you might be just scraping by.

        You might have a small savings account -- very small. If you are fortunate enough to own a house or a condominium, you probably don't

      • Wage Gains 2006-Workers See Solid Gains In Wages and Benefits.
        01/13/07
        In December the number of net jobs created was 167,000, far exceeding the 100,000 that analysts had predicted. The gains in wages were strong enough to make markets jittery about interest rates.

        Has this good news for workers received the attention that one would expect from the Mainstrea

      • 6-lane Toll Road Will Destroy One of California’s Most Popular State Parks
        01/12/07
        Today, January 12, 2007 we recieved an e:mail addressed to another one of our blogs from Save San Onofre – Protect California’s Parks & Beaches at http://www.savesanonofre.com. After checking out their site we decided to post a blurb from their site in order to help spread the word to California

      • How And When To Use Your Lemon Law Rights In California.
        01/10/07
        The "lemon law" was originally created to protect consumers from big ticket items that had a problem, and these days is almost exclusively limited to vehicles like cars, trucks and SUVs. For example, a car is considered a "lemon" under the California Lemon Law if it has been repa

      • Pelosi Power.
        01/10/07
        January 4, 2007 may be remembered as the date when Nancy Pelosi became queen for the day.

        There she was on network television. There she was on cable television. Surrounded by grandchildren. A baby in her arms. But, despite the warm-and-cuddly photo op, Pelosi and crew were not celebratin

      • Iraq, Iran and the New Shiite Crescent.
        01/08/07
        Even before the rise of the post-Saddam government in Iraq, Sunni leaders in Egypt and Jordan warned of a "Shiite Crescent," a zone of influence and power by Islam's second largest branch that stretched across the Middle East from Beirut to Tehran. The push for Shiite dominance, which

      • California Child Custody and Visitation issues - General Information.
        01/07/07
        Child custody issues in California family law can result by way of the initiation of dissolution of marriage proceedings (divorce), legal separation, annulment, or paternity proceedings. Child custody issues can arise even if the parties are not legally separated, but living apart.

        There

      • Marijuana: Misinformation and Poly-Behavioral Addiction.
        01/04/07
        Fact or Fiction

        1. Marijuana is a very harmful, highly addictive, dangerous, illegal, gateway drug that currently has no accepted or proven medical use.

        Or is it true that:

        2. Marijuana is a safe, harmless, non-addictive, healthy drug that has healing qualities that

      • Positive Effects of Tax Cuts: Why Is The Left In Serious Denial?
        01/04/07
        "The final and best means of strengthening demand among consumers and business is to reduce the burden on private income and deterrents to private initiative, which are imposed by our present tax system..." -John F. Kennedy Dec. 1962

        The Left does not seem capable of coming to g

      • Establishing Security in Iraq.
        01/02/07
        The war in Iraq is going badly. That's what the news media tell us. That's what the Iraq Study Group said in its "bipartisan" report. Even former Senator John Edwards, who just threw his hat into the ring for President after falling into political obscurity after the 2004 electio

      • Estate Planning Decisions: Choosing Trusts - Wills and Lawyers in California.
        01/01/07
        I am a do-it-yourselfer. I love working around my house: Painting, building, and even stuccoing. But there are exceptions, like plumbing. I hate plumbing.

        One thing I have learned about my handyman hobby is that I should expect to buy twice the building materials that I should need to com

  • 2006
    • December
      • It All Depends On How You Define "Holocaust".
        12/31/06
        Did the Holocaust really happen? Did Adolf Hitler really murder six million Jews? Maybe the truth is that they all simply got on board a space ship to colonize other planets? Or maybe it is more likely that they all committed mass suicide and threw themselves into the ovens and gas chambers as part

      • What Is Joint And Several Liability In a Personal Injury Action In California, And Why Is It Important To You?
        12/29/06
        Joint and several liability is important in personal injury actions and was created to protect the injured. Two elements need to exist for joint and several liability to apply: (1) negligent cause of action, and (2) two or more defendants. Under joint and several liability, each defendant is jointly

      • Can You Always Negotiate A Settlement?
        12/29/06
        The past hundred years this country has been debating whether to negotiate or fight a foe. We stood on the sideline after WWI and watched Hitler build up his army and signed treaty after treaty with him until it was too late to do anything small to stop him. Then we and others killed 50 million peop

      • Denying The Holocaust, Undermining Security For The World At Large.
        12/26/06
        To what purpose does Ahmadinejad continue to promote denial of the Holocaust? There are several very apparent (delineated by himself and his chief mentor Mohammad Ali Ramin). First as he recently stated in an interview in Time Magazine after the close of the Holocaust Symposium hosted in Iran, he me

      • Visit Northern California's Shasta Lake. Playground Of The Shasta Cascades.
        12/26/06
        When the seasons begin to change and the frost wholeheartedly appears on our doorsteps, we know that winter is here. While this can be uplifting and exciting for some, the majority of us cringe when snow is on the mind. Luckily, just because the season has changed, doesn't mean that you have to

      • What If I Was Injured While Riding The Bus, Transportation Van, Taxi or Train In California?
        12/23/06
        California law defines a common carrier as anyone who offers transportation to the general public for profit. This includes buses that travel on predetermined routes, dial-a-ride buses and transportation vans, trains, businesses that operate taxicabs, and persons that operate airplanes. In some case

      • 2 Main Issues That Arise When Dividing Assets In a Divorce Proceeding In California.
        12/20/06
        In every divorce proceeding, one main issue is the division of assets. There are typically two issues that come into play in such a division.

        The first issue is the date of separation. When did the couple separate? Separation occurs when the couple part ways and do not try to get back tog

      • Enslaved by Ideology?
        12/19/06
        As we as a nation start to roll the year 2006 to the side, it’s time for predictions for 2007. Of course, there’s the tried-and-true—the new Democratic Congress will try to undo all that the Republicans have done in the last decade…the media will remain obsessed about the President’s poll numbers…en

      • When Did It Become Okay To Trespass?
        12/19/06
        Maybe I am just naïve, but when did it become acceptable to trespass? I don't just mean trespassing by being on someone else's property without consent. I mean trespass as in the bigger picture. You know, stuff like abuse of another's trust, privacy, property, name, and respect. The r

      • Getting Out of Iraq: Why Training Security Forces May Not Work.
        12/18/06
        Now that the media hype over the Iraq Study Group's report is finally starting to die down a bit, attention is quickly turning to the President's upcoming national address in which he is expected to lay out his new strategy for dealing with the ongoing insurgent and sectarian violence.
      • Information about Divorce, Dissolution of Marriage, Legal separation, and Annulment in California
        12/16/06
        Going through a divorce is arguably one of the worst things you'll have to go through in your life. Emotionally, going through a divorce is analogous to go into a death in the family. The proper term for a divorce in the state of California is "dissolution of marriage."

        The

      • On the Brink of a Middle East War?
        12/16/06
        As Iran continues to position itself as the most powerful nation in the Middle East, a new Shiite dominance is emerging in a region traditionally controlled by Sunni Muslims. With the deposing of Saddam Hussein's Sunni regime in Iraq, a Shiite majority has begun to consolidate power within a go

      • Dog Bite Cases in California - You Better Watch Your Pup.
        12/13/06
        There is no doubt that Americans love their pets. Human beings and dogs have been living together for tens of thousands of years. There is a saying that "a dog he is a man's best friend."

        I am myself have three dogs; two Siberian Huskies, and a good old-fashioned American M

      • Political Correctness - The Liberal Brand of Censorship.
        12/13/06
        Being hard pressed to find a single appropriate definition of it, I will use that of Mr. Philip Atkinson put forth on the website ourcivilisation.com. Philip said “Political Correctness is the communal tyranny that erupted in the 1980s. It was a spontaneous declaration that particular ideas, express

      • California Reverse Mortgage.
        12/12/06
        Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that helps protect seniors from unscrupulous lenders when they enter into reverse mortgages.

        "It is our responsibility to help protect those who are most vulnerable in our society," said Gov. Schwarzenegger. "Getting a reverse mortga

      • Merry Something.
        12/12/06
        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein.

        A number of commercial establishments in the empire have removed the word Christmas from their greetings in an effort to comply with some absurd application of political

      • So What Do You Know About California Lemon Laws?
        12/09/06
        It's a fact that Lemon Laws vary from state to state. Each state offers its own form of protection for those who buy vehicles, and it's up to consumers to know the laws of the land where they choose to live. California Lemon Law details are pretty encompassing, but there are some things ab

      • Iran's Power Play for Middle East Dominance
        12/07/06
        For the last several years, the world has been witness to the rapid shift of influence in a Middle East traditionally dominated by Sunni Muslims. The ascendance of the Shiites, who make up only 20% of all Muslims, is led by an increasingly aggressive Iran, and complete control of the Persian Gulf re

    • November
      • The Current Violence in Iraq: A Closer Look.
        11/30/06
        The massacre of more than 200 persons in Baghdad on the American Thanksgiving Day holiday highlighted anew the violence that is now tearing Iraq apart. During the 2006 U.S. political campaign, progress in Iraq was overstated and setbacks were discounted at times. Behind the scenes, the situation in

      • What is Happening With The California Home Market?
        11/28/06
        What is going on with the California home sales market? According to the California Association of Realtors, there were twice as many California homes, on the market unsold, in October than a year ago, reflecting a 28.7 percent plunge in sales.

        Colleen Badagliacco, president of the Realto

      • Lebanon’s Latest Political Challenge.
        11/26/06
        With Hezbollah threatening protests to topple Lebanon’s current government as part of a bid to change the balance of power within the government, Lebanon has been described in news accounts of being in the midst of one of its worst political crises in a generation. A few have even raised the prospec

      • If So Many Believe in God, Why Doesn't It Show?
        11/22/06
        My computer is in the kitchen, beside a big bay window. Outside the window is a tree. I love watching the birds and squirrels romp and play in and around that tree as I type and think.

        Last year at this time, I watched as the leaves on that tree changed from green to bright oranges and ye

      • California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
        11/21/06
        The fact that California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will soon be Speaker Of The House should be a good thing for California. After all she does represent California and one would assume that she would attempt to assist the state that put her into office.

        Unhappily, that does not appear to

      • Implications of America's Withdrawal from Iraq.
        11/20/06
        The Democrats have taken over Capitol Hill, and have a mandate to withdraw American forces from Iraq ASAP. It is likely that in the medium to long term, this move would have great impact on Israel

        The elections held in the US last week revolved around a number of issues, but there is no

      • Jessica's Law, The Aftermath.
        11/18/06
        On November 7, 2006, approximetly 70% fo California voters passed Proposition 83 also known as Jessica's Law. I was one of those that voted for it.

        California voters spoke and their demands will be met, right?

        WRONG

        Three lawsuits opposing provisions of the Prop

      • The Core Problem With Radical Islam.
        11/17/06
        Not many people - especially those with no spiritual, or religious experience, understand the commitment that has attached to Radical Islam. It is woven into the fiber of their being because the tenets of the religion call them to destroy or subjugate the non-believers. It is central to the writings

      • Discover Your Heart in San Francisco.
        11/13/06
        Besides the Golden Gate Bridge and the funky neighborhoods, are you really aware of all that San Francisco has to offer as a vacation destination? Art, culture, history and fun permeate the city and spring up in various forms around every corner. Dull moments and dreary days are few and far between,

      • America – United We Stand Divided We Are.
        11/13/06
        The two party system in America has not been troublesome up to recent days for several reasons. Firstly, it was always taken for granted that the singular goal of each party was identical. That goal was doing what was best for the country. The only real difference between the partisans was how to ac

      • Nancy Pelosi Must Be having One Of The Best Days Of Her Life.
        11/08/06
        When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi from California woke up today she must have felt that she was dreaming. After all, the Democrats will be taking over Congress and will probably be taking over the Senate. She will be the next Speaker of the House. California Propositions 1A-1E won and put Cali

      • Fighting Dem's, Hiding Dem's, and All Things in Between.
        11/06/06
        The latest television campaign ad in the Virginia Senate race features two of the primary election approaches engineered by Democratic strategists for this November's mid-term contest: attacking the President's judgment and competence and appealing to the patriotism and dedication to servi

      • Is Civility And Courtesy Dead?
        11/03/06
        We just started this blog recently, however in the span of less than three months we have had to delete several hundred comments posted in response to our, mostly my, posts and to other peoples comments about those posts.

        Those comments were not deleted because they disagreed with what wa

      • John Kerry Suffers From Hoof In Mouth Disease.
        11/01/06
        That's right, I said hoof in mouth, not foot in mouth. I normally do not like to use insults when writing about people or issues, but in this case, if I really said what I think about Senator Kerry, I could not print it. It's times like these that I wish that I was a talented and capable w

      • Kerry vs. Statement of Arrogance.
        11/01/06
        Kerry vs. Statement of Arrogance To American Soldiers in Iraq

        It never fails, when one person says something wrong, or I suppose, not too smart, as did Kerry recently with the statement he said he got wrong, read wrong, memorized wrong, and said wrong, now he blames this person and that p

    • October
      • Consequences of a Democratic Victory.
        10/31/06
        As the mid-term election cycle comes full circle, it seems as though everyone in the country has all but conceded that the Democratic Party will win the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate. Of course, in light of recent news stories about our elected officials in Washington, this is ha

      • Discover Pasadena California.
        10/29/06
        No one thinks about the city of Pasadena, California, unless it is Rose Bowl or Rose Parade time, except for Los Angeles County residents and people who hear the song "Little Old Lady From Pasadena".

        When tourists think about visiting California they most often think about going

      • Political Correctness, Argument and the New Orthodoxy.
        10/28/06
        In an old Monty Python sketch, a character (played by Michael Palin, I believe) says something along the lines of,”an argument is a connected series of statements intending to establish a proposition not the automatic gainsaying of what the other person says”. On several discussion threads that I ha

      • Iraq and Afghanistan: Staying Until the Fight is Over.
        10/24/06
        The Armed Forces Press Service recently quoted Army Chief of Staff General Peter J. Schoomaker as saying that the current level of soldiers in Iraq could remain constant through 2010. Naturally, this sounded alarms in the mainstream media, which had been reporting for some time that the Army planned

      • Proposition 87 - Twisting, Bending And Misstating The Truth.
        10/24/06
        In my opinion California Prop 87 supporters, especially former Vice President Al Gore and former President Bill Clinton, have been twisting, bending and misstating the truth.

        They say that Proposition 87, which would place a new $4 billion tax on oil companies, would reduce our dependence

      • North Korea's Threats and China's Lukewarm Response.
        10/20/06
        When the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, it agreed to impose economic sanctions against North Korea for testing a nuclear device earlier in the month. The resolution condemned the atomic test, demanded that the DPRK conduct no further tests or ballistic missile

      • California Proposition 1E
        10/20/06
        California Prop 1D, Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, authorizes the state to sell about $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds for various flood management programs., In order to spend th

      • What North Korea Really Wants.
        10/13/06
        Conventional geopolitical thinking has long assumed that North Korea has pursued an unrelenting campaign of provocations, its illicit nuclear program, and even a nuclear weapons test with the objective of assuring the survival of its current regime. Toward that end, an exasperated Secretary of State

      • California Proposition 1D
        10/13/06
        California Prop 1D, Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, allows the state to sell $10.4 billion of general obligation bonds for K-12 school facilities ($7.3 billion) and higher

      • In the Future the Democrats May Have to Apologize to Bush Administration.
        10/09/06
        Some people who do not follow Presidential Administrations may forget that the legacy of a President really seems to be how they leave office and not necessarily the trials and tribulations along the way. Right now the media has attempted to bash the Bush Administration into oblivion over the Iraq W

      • California And Immigration
        10/09/06
        There are many things about California that I don't care for, however, having said that, there is no state where I would rather live and no country other than America that I would rather live in.

        One of the things that makes California an interesting place to live, is it's diver

      • California Proposition 1C
        10/05/06
        California Prop 1C, Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, authorizes the state to sell $2.85 billion of general obligation bonds to fund 13 new and existing housing and development programs. About one-

      • The Rottweiler Pope, the Danish Cartoon, and Muslim Moderates.
        10/04/06
        It's now a couple of weeks after the pope made his speech. A few days ago I listened to an interview with Clinton (former American president, in case anyone has forgotten). His view on the pope's remarks and the Danish cartoon: they make it more difficult for Muslims moderates.

    • September
      • California Proposition 1B
        09/30/06
        California Prop 1B Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, authorizes the state to sell about $20 billion of general obligation bonds to fund transportation projects to reli

      • Torturing the Truth.
        09/29/06
        Winston Churchill once observed that “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” As part of the left-wing arsenal of distorted arguments as to why Bush is so wrong in his proclaimed “War on Terrorism,” another lie has presented itself, wrapped around the

      • California Proposition 1A
        09/27/06
        California Prop 1A - Transportation Funding Protection. Is a Legislative Constitutional Amendment which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, amends the State Constitution to further limit the conditions under which the Proposition 42 transfer of gasoline sale

      • Does the Army Have Enough Soldiers?
        09/25/06
        If you pay attention to the New York Times, the leadership of the Democratic Party, or the left wing pundits filling the airwaves, you get the impression that the U.S. Army is struggling to find men and women willing to volunteer in the service of their country. Recently released statistics, though,

      • Schwarzenegger Versus Angelides On New Taxes.
        09/24/06
        When I went out to the snailmail mailbox today, it was, as usual, filled with junk political mailers. Normally, I just toss them out without reading them. This time one mailer caught my eye. It didn't tell me anything I didn't already know but it did bring somethings into clearer perspecti

      • California Proposition 84.
        09/22/06
        California Proposition 84 - Water Quality, Safety and Supply. Flood Control. Natural Resource Protection. Park Improvements. Bonds. Is an Initiative Statute which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, allows the state to sell $5.4 billion in general obligation

      • Live from New York's U.N. Theatre - The Devil and the Dancing Dictators.
        09/22/06
        Iran’s Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressing the UN said things that betray his ignorance of protocol, truthfulness and history. In one breath he said “I respect the Jews” but made no effort to explain his previous cry to wipe them off the map. In a typically uninformed world view he asked w

      • California Proposition 85
        09/17/06
        According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, Proposition 85 is an Initiative Constitutional Amendment regarding "Waiting Period and Parental Notification Before Termination of Minor's Pregnancy".

        The Analyst's report says in part This proposition amends the Cali

      • Will Liberals Ever Recognize The Constitution?
        09/17/06
        Will Liberals ever recognize the Constitution and its authority? That is a serious question. Because every day that passes convinces me more and more that the political left has no interest in doing so. At least they have no interest if they cannot lie about what it says as a means to twist it for t

      • California Proposition 89
        09/15/06
        California Proposition 89 - Political Campaigns. Public Financing. Corporate Tax Increase. Contribution and Expenditure Limits, is an initiative statute which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, makes major changes to the way that political campaigns for stat

      • What the Democrats Don't Understand About the War on Terror.
        09/14/06
        As the mid-term election cycle enters the home stretch, Democratic congressional candidates, party leaders, and left-wing pundits are taking to the airwaves in a vigorous assault on the Bush administration’s handling of the Global War on Terror. By criticizing President Bush for diverting military m

      • California Proposition 90 - Government Acquisition
        09/11/06
        According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, Proposition 90 is an Initiative Constitutional Amendment regarding Government Acquisition, Regulation of Private Property. It's analysis states in part This measure amends the California Constitution to: Require government to pay property owne

      • Ok You Win! We’ll Negotiate With Terrorists!
        09/11/06
        The constant drumbeat of negativity from the Vietnam, anti any war that they cannot use to make themselves more powerful, left has brought me to the point where I have to admit that it is time to negotiate with the terrorists. So with me today I have Mohammed Usama Achmed Al Zarqawi bin Laden who ha

      • Go West Young Liberals! Go West!
        09/07/06
        California this week took a bold step. Not into the great unknown mind you, but rather into the great already known. Their Assembly approved yet another experiment to once again show the failures of top down, socialist bureaucracies when it approved a bill that would mandate state issued health insu

      • Something for Nothing.
        09/07/06
        It never ceases to amaze me how some elements in our society not only want, but expect, something for nothing.

        Where did this come from?

        Have we, as a society, allowed or even encouraged the mentality that what was once a gift or offering is now considered an expected right? Wh

      • California Proposition 83 - Sex Offenders - Jessica's Law
        09/05/06
        According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, Proposition 83 is an Initiative Statute regarding Sex Offenders. Sexually Violent Predators. Punishment, Residence Restrictions and Monitoring. It proposes to Increase Penalties for Sex Offenses. This measure increases the penalties for specified s

      • Lebanon and Iran Remain “Stuck in the Middle” of Their Recent History.
        09/03/06
        When it comes to competitive strategy, Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter argues that there are three generic strategies: cost leadership (which permits one to charge the lowest prices), differentiation (products/services compete based on their attributes), and focus (companies target

      • Stranger In A Strange Land.
        09/01/06
        I have lived in California since the mid 1960s and overall I love living here, however, lately I have been feeling more and more like a stranger in a strange land.

        The thing I love most about California is the weather. As far as I am concerned, we have the best weather in the nation. I li

    • August
      • Profiling Potential Terrorists.
        08/30/06
        As I watched the various cable news channels cover the latest terrorist plot to blow up commercial aircraft, I immediately began thinking about a question that has been on the minds of many Americans since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: why do we waste our time and efforts at airport s

      • Israel's Minimalist War.
        08/25/06
        As the Israeli offensive into southern Lebanon unfolded in painstakingly slow fashion, reports of discontent from the troops on the ground made their way into news stories on several of the major cable news networks. The grumblings of the soldiers were reminiscent of the sentiments of U.S. Marines a

      • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Urges Crackdown On Border Tunnels
        08/24/06
        According to Edwin Garcia of the San Jose Mercury News, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are teaming up to urge the federal government to take stronger action against criminals who use tunnels under the U.S.-Mexico border to smuggle drugs and traffic humans, the Califor

      • California Proposition 88 - Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax.
        08/22/06
        Proposition 88 is a Constitutional Amendment and Statute initiative that according to the California Secretary Of State's Office Provides additional public school funding for kindergarten through grade 12 by imposing a $50 tax on each real property parcel; exempts certain elderly and disabled h

      • DNC Party Platform Reviewed.
        08/22/06
        Part 1

        I took a look at the DNC website today to see what they were up to for the 2006 midterms. I really wanted to see what plan they had and if they really had a detailed plan. I also took a look at the RNC to see what they had for a plan for the American people. Seeing that we do not h

      • California Proposition 87 - Tax On California Oil.
        08/21/06
        Proposition 87 is a Constitutional Amendment and Statute initiative that according to the California Secretary Of States Office Establishes $4 billion program to reduce oil and gasoline usage by 25%, with research and production incentives for alternative energy, alternative energy vehicles, energy

      • California Proposition 86 - New Tax on Cigarettes, Cigars, Snuff, Etc.
        08/19/06
        According to excerpts from the California Legislative Analysts's Office, Proposition 86 is a measure that will increase excise taxes on cigarettes and on other tobacco products to provide funding for hospitals for emergency services as well as programs to increase access to health insurance for

      • Discover California.
        08/19/06
        Are you planning a vacation, but can't decide where to go or what to do? If you are, then stop worrying, vacation in sunny California.

        California has a land area of over 155,000 square miles with almost 850 miles of coastline and beaches, 25,000,000 acres of desert, mountains, includ

      • Lebanon Post-Conflict Analysis.
        08/18/06
        During the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged that Israel “will insist on…fulfillment of United Nations Resolution 1559” which requires the disarming of Hezbollah, while describing the fight with Hezbollah as “a national moment of truth.” Presid

      • The Press - An Enemy Of The People.
        08/15/06
        Gone are those days when we had reporters used to do fact checking and researching topics before making a statement or getting anything published. Because of this only media people have build trust among general public, but this very trait of 'holy grail' of journalism now seems to fade an

      • A Second Look at the War on Terror.
        08/12/06
        It was the headline seen on websites around the world—“Airlines Terror Plot Disrupted.” Westerners awakened on August 10th to the news that a terrorist plot of possibly unprecedented proportions had been planned for planes from the U.K. heading to the U.S. Scotland Yard reported that the diabolical

      • Joe Lieberman And The Far Left Democratic Party.
        08/09/06
        Senator Joe Liebermam who just lost the Connecticut Democratic Party primary has registered to run for a fourth term as an 'independant Democrat'. Senator Lieberman was, it seems, too moderate and too non partizan for the new far left Democratic Party. It seems that, nowdays, if you want t

      • Forget Politically Correct – Check out Politically Ignorant.
        08/06/06
        In August of 2006 CNN News conducted a poll that was meant to see how the average American viewed the Hezbollah. The result would leave anyone with an ounce of political savvy in a state of disbelief.

        The poll concluded that forty seven percent of those polled think Hezbollah is friendly

      • Iran's Solution To The Lenanese Problem.
        08/03/06
        In a speech during a meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says The real cure for the conflict is the elimination of the Zionist regime, but there should be an immediate ceasefire first. and that The losses inflicted on Lebanon should be paid by the US a

      • Hazbollah's Qana Charade [7/30/2006]
        08/01/06
        See it for what it is:

        [Let’s get back to the war Israel] When Hezbollah put their soldiers, bombs and rocket launching equipment next to building, inside building, mosques, and homes, it is only obvious, they do not care if they kill their own kind, and it can’t be allowed to stop a war

    • July
      • From Iran to Lebonan -- Choosing between Dishonor and War.
        07/29/06
        Just two days after Ahmadinejad, Iran’s hardliner President, announced the completion of nuclear cycle in Natanz while making mockery of the United Nations Security Council Presidential Statement, an Iranian state-run daily Sharq on April 13, stressed on the connection between Iran’s nuclear project

      • There Is More At Stake Than Just Another Kibbutz.
        07/25/06
        The Re-engagement War, as the Israelis are so fond of calling it, has more serious reverberations for the West than just saving another bunch of kibbutzes. By that I do not mean to imply that going about saving kibbutzes is unimportant - it is, especially if one so happens to live in the one that is

      • United Nations To The Rescue! … Of Terrorists.
        07/24/06
        For decades terrorists have been attacking Israel. The violence has pretty much been relentless and barely garners much beyond half hearted condemnation by the vaunted international community. And on the off chance that there is even recognition of the violence the Israeli’s deal with such recogniti

      • Israel and It's Critics
        07/21/06
        Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee southern Lebanon "immediately," preparing for a likely ground offensive to set up a buffer zone.

        According to Guy Raz of NPR.org Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is demanding that the international community impose a cea

      • Too Liberal, Too Conservative, Too Much.
        07/18/06
        Loony liberals and raging right-wingers are both equally irritating by themselves and to each other. This situation is older than sliced bread...actually, it is even older, but not as useful. The extremists and the narrow-minded simpletons on both sides of the spectrum create animosity and distortio

      • Israel Goes On Offense Instead Of Just Defense
        07/14/06
        For decades Israel has been on defense in the war instigated by the Arabs. For almost 40 years Arab leaders and the Palestinians have been fighting a war of attrition against Israel and every once in a while they start an all out war. Each time Israel fights back, but just as they are starting to wi

      • Hizbullah Militants Capture Two Israelis.
        07/12/06
        On Wednesday the Syrian and Iranian backed Hizbullah in Lebanon attacked Israel with a barrage of rockets fired from Lebanon and then crossed into Israel, killed at least seven Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others. Israel counterattacks and Arabs all over the world start screaming about 'I

      • The United Nations And North Korea
        07/08/06
        On Friday July 7, 2006 Japan and six other countries circulated a revised draft text of a resolution condemning North Korea's recent launches of missiles, rejecting a Chinese-proposed draft of a presidential statement.The six other countries were the United States, the United Kingdom, Denmark,

      • North Korea Defies America And It's Allies.
        07/05/06
        On July 4, America's Independence Day, North Korea, in open defience of American and it's so called allies, launched it's Taepodong II long range millile along with at least six other medium range Scud and Rodong type missiles. The long-range missile failed within a minute after launc

      • Hamas Did Not Recognize Israel in Agreeing on a Deal with Fatah.
        07/03/06
        On Tuesday (June 27), Hamas and Fatah reached agreement over a document drafted by a number of Palestinian prisoners. This agreement raised the issue of whether Hamas has now met the International Community’s terms for a resumption of assistance to the Palestinian Government. It has not.

    • June
      • Freedom.
        06/30/06
        Everywhere I turn nowdays I hear or read about the erosion of America's freedoms. According to the far left the Bush administration is trying to take away our freedom of speech by trying to pass a law banning flag burning, they are trying to stop newspapers from publishing state secrets, they a

      • Blow The North Korean Missile Off It's Launch Pad.
        06/28/06
        That's right I said blow the North Korean Taepodong 2 missile off it'a launch pad. Everyone keeps telling me that the can't take preemptive action against North Korea because it would destroy our diplomatic credibility and it would anger China, Russia and much of the rest of the world

      • The U.S. Settles Accounts with Belarus.
        06/25/06
        In his address to US Congress, George W. Bush ordered to freeze the accounts of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenka, KGB chairman Stepan Sukhorenko, Security Council Secretary Viktor Sheiman, Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Naumov, Minister of Justice Viktor Golovanov, Prosecutor General Pe

      • Trust And Respect.
        06/22/06
        Yesterday, while reading letters to the editor in one of our local papers I read a letter from a David Schaberg that said in part that "American power was built on the trust and respect we once enjoyed in the world". Mr. Schaberg was, of course, complaining about the Bush Administration.
      • North Korea And Diplomacy.
        06/20/06
        Reading the newspapers and listening to the news, I hear things like U.S. pressures North Korea, South Korea issues a stern warning, Japan issues a pointed warning, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says "we are all worried", the French call for a halt to test preparations and that any North

      • "5+1" Group's Iran Proposal Won't Likely End Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program.
        06/17/06
        On June 6, the European Union’s High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, delivered the “5+1” working group’s (Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and the United States) proposal aimed at enticing Iran to end its illicit nuclear activities to the Iranian lead

      • Immigration and American English
        06/15/06
        I was born and raised in America. I have been married for over 40 years to a beautiful, intelligent and wonderful woman who was born and raised in Mexico. My wife came here, legally, with her family in 1960.

        Yesterday I read in the paper about an 'idiot' who runs a Cheesesteak r

      • Is The Press an Enemy of The People?
        06/14/06
        Every reporter dreams of uncovering a major story sometime in his or her career. The 'holy grail' of journalism is to be the first person to report on something that ends up affecting everyone in some way. In days past, these dreams motivated students of journalism to train and discipline

      • When Did The Left Lose Their Compassion?
        06/11/06
        The alleged incident in Haditha, Iraq where our Marines are accused of slaughtering 24 innocent civilians is being likened by aged Vietnam era war protestors and their prodigy as the new “My Lai Massacre”. The incident still under investigation has taken on a life of it’s own among the anti “any war

      • The World According to Howard Dean.
        06/08/06
        A political party chief is a lot like a football coach. He has to recruit quality players …try to mold them into champions…and produce a winning record.

        Otherwise, he’s likely to be benched from the political game forever.

        So, you would think that a national political party cha

      • Liberal Bias in Our Communication Channels.
        06/04/06
        It has become more and more obvious in recent years that there is a strong liberal bias in those who control certain communication channels in American society. I'm talking about the mainstream news media, college campuses, and the entertainment industry. In this article I will discuss liberal

      • Brazil's PCC True Power Behind the Violence.
        06/01/06
        The violence that paralyzed Sao Paulo from May 12 until May 19 revealed the raw power of the First Capital Command (P.C.C.), considered one of the most powerful organized criminal factions in Brazil. Prison riots that erupted in nearly 100 prisons led to over 150 murders, destroyed city buses, and t

    • May
      • Phishing Scams, A Growing Identity Theft Menace.
        05/29/06
        There is no doubt that identity theft is a growing problem and we should all try to educate ourselves to avoid being a victim of this often devastating crime. It seems that criminals are using increasingly ingenious methods to gain access to our private and valuable personal information and computer

      • Amnesty Is A Bad Idea.
        05/26/06
        The first part of this post may seem patronizing, but in fact it represents my true thoughts. In my opinion the people of Mexico are for the most part some of the finest people in the world. The majority of the Mexican people I know are bright, hard working, diligent, kind and generous to a fault. T

      • Mexico Brutal On Immigrants.
        05/23/06
        By Robert Carberry:

        As the debate keeps heating up in the U.S. regarding immigration, some are pointing to a huge hypocrisy regarding the way Mexico treats its immigrants. Mexican President Vicente Fox has been very focused in getting as many Mexicans into America as possible. He calls an

      • Republicans Versus Democrats.
        05/20/06
        In the war, yes I said war, between the Republicans and the Democrats, the Republicans are losing.

        The Democrats think of only one thing. They don't care about America, they don't care about what is right, they only care about defeating the Republicans.

        Many Republica

      • Americans Have Become Too Naive And Gullible
        05/19/06
        Today as I do everyday, I was reading the letters to the editor section in that conservative, right wing newspaper, the Los Angeles Times (For those of you that do not understand sarcasam, stating that the Los Angeles Times is a conservative, right wing newspaper was a sarcastic comment.). As I was

      • Iran's Nuclear Blackmail.
        05/18/06
        Although not particularly superstitious by nature, I have come to the realization that kissing, in the world of politics, is a foretelling sign of ominous things to come.

        For instance, think at what happened after Vyacheslav Molotov (1890 – 1986) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893 – 1946) k

      • Here's The Truth On The Bird Flu Virus
        05/16/06
        Bird Flu is its common name, which is a specific strain of an influenza virus. Scientists have dubbed this flu: H5N1. The origin of this flu began in birds, and ONLY birds have been hit hard by this so far. Millions of birds have perished because of this disease starting in China, then onto Southeas

      • Palestinians And Legal Residency In Israel
        05/15/06
        According to the Los Angeles Times, "Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday upheld a controversial law that prevents Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from gaining legal residency to join spouses and children who are Israeli citizens".

        My first question, after reading

      • Illegal Immigrants or Undocumented Workers?
        05/12/06
        This post is not about whether or not illegal immigration is proper or about what should be done about illegal immigrants. This post is about the terms 'illegal immigrant' and 'undocumented worker'.

        Recently, various activists, certain members of the Hollywood Elite, v

      • America's Relations With China.
        05/07/06
        As far as I am concerened, the leaders of China are not now and never will be our friends or allies. The leaders of China do not care about anything other than amassing power and destroying their enemies and since everyone not Chinese is their enemy they feel that it is their duty to someday rule th

      • Chile's Success Proves Neo-Liberalism Works.
        05/06/06
        Michelle Bachelet, a former Chilean defense minister, torture victim, and divorced mother of three, won the Chilean presidency with over 53 per cent of the vote, official results revealed on 15 January.

        Bachelet is closely aligned with Chile's ruling Concertacion party, which has dic

      • Uno de Mayo and the Age of Disrespect.
        05/05/06
        Did you notice less traffic on your commute to work this morning? Imagine moving below the Rio Grande and working there, would you take a day off to wave the US flag and protest the local government? Ever question why US airports have been making announcements in Spanish and English?

        Why

      • Amnesty Now and the Illegal Alien Protests?
        05/05/06
        Many citizens in the United States of America were warming up to the idea of some kind of compromise along the lines of amnesty for you legal aliens in the legal immigrants. That is not to say pure amnesty, but rather some sort of fine and penalty and then payment of back taxes.

        Now after

      • With Liberty and Justice for All--Even Republicans.
        05/05/06
        The purpose of this piece is to reassure its readers (and perhaps, its author), that civil liberties are not a concern relegated solely to the opponents of the Bush White House. Let me start off this essay by incurring much wrath in clearly identifying myself as a lifelong Republican, and a supporte

      • Quit Whining About The Price Of Gas!!!
        05/04/06
        That's right, I said quit whining about the price of gas. Quit blaming certain politicians and the oil companies and foreign countries. Start blaming the real culprits. You and I, we are the ones that caused gas prices to go up and we are the ones that will make gas prices go even higher.